---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes persons engaged in the business of towing and storing motor vehicles, or storing motor vehicles that have been towed, to remove and secure a firearm left in a stored motor vehicle if the firearm can be removed without causing damage to the motor vehicle and other conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 23 and Title 66."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes persons engaged in the business of towing and storing motor vehicles, or storing motor vehicles that have been towed, to remove and secure a firearm left in a stored motor vehicle if the firearm can be removed without causing damage to the motor vehicle and other conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 23 and Title 66."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1015"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1015 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faison"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3665836a-d204-4d0c-94f7-e0108a124762"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1015&GA=113"
source_hash: "ec875f5c34489546875360f50b5c3fa2c8a7bbc94d9539ffea70c3cbeddf9d1c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 1015 (113) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes persons engaged in the business of towing and storing motor vehicles, or storing motor vehicles that have been towed, to remove and secure a firearm left in a stored motor vehicle if the firearm can be removed without causing damage to the motor vehicle and other conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 23 and Title 66.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0733** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0733.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0940** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0940.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1015.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/15/2024 Passed — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2024 3/21/2024 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2024 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/19/2024 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2024 Passed — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/13/2024 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faison — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2024
- **2024-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2024
- **2024-03-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0733) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0940)
- **2024-04-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-11** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/15/2024
- **2024-04-15** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 96, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB1015
- **2024-04-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 902

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3665836a-d204-4d0c-94f7-e0108a124762`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).